It’s time to feature another Fabulous MomDot Blogger!  Please welcome Melissa from Full Circle, our first November interview!  She is the perfect choice because November is National Adoption Awareness Month!

1. Congrats on being a MomDot Feature Blogger!  Why don’t you start by introducing yourself to our readers!

Hi Everyone, my name is Melissa and I am so honored to be chosen as a featured MomDot Blogger!  My wonderful husband and I reside in beautiful Loveland, CO with our herd of kooky canines.  We are in the foster/adopt program with a local county and became certified this past July.  We currently await “The Call” for placement.  For the record yes, it’s on pins and needles..

2.  How did you arrive on the blogosphere? What got you interested in blogging?

My cousin Kadi ~ of A Womb At The Inn(Sane) ~ is an amazing writer.  Hers was the first blog I ever read and now I can say without a shadow of a doubt, I am addicted.  Kadi recommended I start my own as a journal for our future kiddo(s) and cheap therapy for me.  It blossomed from there.

3.  How did you come up with the name for your blog?

I actually found out a year after my mom passed away (a month before I turned 30) that I myself was an adopted, county baby.  I feel like the reason for my little being is starting to make sense and my life is starting to come full circle.  Hence, the name.

4.  Can you give the MomDot readers a “sneak peek” into what’s coming up next for your blog?  Any new events, giveaways, interviews, etc.?

I currently have a giveaway going on (a game to guess when The Call does come.. there are 2 ways to win $25 gift cards to Target) and plan on doing something each month along the same line.  Hopefully we’ll be announcing a placement soon and THAT will be a big celebration that will include prizes for my wonderful readers!!  Being that November is National Adoption Awareness Month I have a few cool interviews in the works, as well..  Stay tuned!!

5. Other than your own blog, what are some of your favorite places to “hang out” on the Web?

Oh gosh, I have so many!  The one thing I love about the blogosphere is the discovery of all the inspiring and amazing people out there..  Here are just a few of my daily must reads:

6.  Can you tell us how you became interested in Foster Care?

Darling Husband and I are on the older side (he’s in his mid 40’s and I’m teetering on the backside of my 30’s) and we are very aware that time is of the essence.  We gave ourselves a year to get pregnant the old fashion way (if Clear Blue Easy EVERYTHING, vitamins out the yingyang, Basal Thermometers, etc are really old school, that is!).

If in that time we didn’t conceive, I was headed straight for Plan B which was adoption.  One way or another, we were starting a family.  I know first hand that not sharing the same DNA isn’t a deal breaker… Love doesn’t care about all that.  I had done my homework and checked out all the avenues (foster to adopt, private, international) and fost/adopt is what spoke to our hearts.

The year came and went and Plan B was set into motion.  On December 5th, 2007 when we attended a Family Share Night put on by the county.  It gave us a really cool insight into the system and boldly answered the hard questions.  There are 400 kids in foster care in our county alone.. they are in our backyard.  For us, it was a no brainer.

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Thanks for sharing your blog with us, Melissa!  Don’t forget to check out her great giveaway and make a guess as to when “The Call” will come!

Interviewed by Bridgette